Burglary Suspect in Texas Calls 911 For Help as Homeowner Holds Him at Gunpoint
2012 December 6
From FoxNews.com:
A Texas burglary suspect dialed 911 early Tuesday morning to report that an armed homeowner was threatening to shoot him, MyFoxDFW.com reported.
James Gerow, the homeowner, told the station that he awoke and discovered a man wearing a dark hoodie inside his Springtown, Texas home. Springtown is a small city Northwest of Fort Worth.
Gerow grabbed his gun and followed the man out to a truck in his driveway.
With gun in hand, Gerow convinced the man to drop his keys. He told his wife to call 911 and waited for deputies to arrive.
This is another example of a defensive gun use that won’t be included in many studies because a shot was never fired. A gun was used to bring about a peaceful resolution to the situation in which no one was hurt.
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| To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (696973) | 2/4/2013 7:51:51 AM | | From: Brumar89 | 2 Recommendations of 697201 | | | 82 Year Old Homeowner Shoots 30 Year Old Intruder Who Assaulted Him
2013 January 30
On January 19th, an elderly homeowner in MO was forced to defend himself when a 30 year old suspect broke into his home and assaulted him.
The hoemowner fired a shot at the intruder, striking him in the arm.
The suspect then fled the scene, but was captured by police after a brief manhunt.
The homeowner was taken to the hospital for treatment of the injuries he sustained in the assault. The homeowner had to be airlifted to a second hospital for head injuries.
The suspect is charged with 1st degree assault and 1st degree burglary.
We wish this brave homeowner the best in his recovery. We are also glad he was armed or this story could have turned out very differently. No matter how you cut it, an 82 year old is almost always no match for a 30 year old male in good shape in hand to hand fighting. While it sounds like police responded very quickly, the suspect was still able to inflict substantial harm on the homeowner.
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| To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (696973) | 2/4/2013 7:53:57 AM | | From: Brumar89 | 2 Recommendations of 697201 | | | According to The Associated Press, a 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an armed intruder who broke into his home at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23. At that time, the boy was babysitting his younger siblings, ages eight, 12 and 12.
The incident started with a woman ringing the doorbell to the residence. Since the boy didn’t recognize the woman, he refused to open the door.
A short time later, the boy heard a loud bang, which he correctly assumed was someone attempting to force entry through the door. The boy gathered his siblings and hurried them upstairs as he armed himself with a handgun from his parent’s bedroom.
From the top of the stairs, the boy saw a man break open the front door. When the man pointed a gun at the boy, the boy shot the man. The man did not fire his weapon.
The man was subsequently transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition. Since the shooting, the man’s status has been upgraded to critical and he is expected to survive. The man, whose identity has been withheld, can look forward to being booked into jail on charges of aggravated assault and burglary. The woman who rang the doorbell remains at large.
FOX 10 News – Phoenix, AZ | KSAZ-TV
Phoenix Police Officer James Holmes praised the boy’s actions and his parents for teaching the boy not to open the door to a stranger.
“The police and indeed our community does not ever want to see a situation where a teenager of that age has to take a weapon to protect his family … but this young man did exactly what he should have done,” Holmes said. “I’m not sure he gave full thought about what he had to do. He just acted.”
Holmes summed up the incident by saying, “As ugly as this is, and as much as this family is going through, we don’t have injured children on our hands.”
Obviously, this investigation is ongoing.
“This was mid-block in a neighborhood, at 4:30 in the afternoon and children are there. They took a heck of a gamble for this particular house, and we’ve got to try to figure out why,” said Holmes.
Without question, the 14-year-old boy in this story acted not only appropriately. but heroically. I’m not sure how many trained adults would have responded as well to this terrifying ordeal.
The boy was smart to not open the door when the woman rang the doorbell, but that was a decision made under a relatively low degree of stress. Most parents would expect their 14-year-old child to make that decision.
Where this kid’s grace under pressure took center stage is when he realized someone was trying to break through the front door. The boy first thought of protecting his younger siblings and did so by moving them upstairs, away from the threat. Next, the boy retrieved a handgun from his parent’s room, and when faced with a deadly threat, used the handgun appropriately to stop that threat. It’s not clear whether this very brave 14-year-old was relying purely in instinct or if he had received training. Either way, his actions saved the day.
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| To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (696973) | 2/4/2013 7:56:16 AM | | From: Brumar89 | 4 Recommendations of 697201 | | | Police: Woman Shot Intruder 9 Times In Self Defense
Why would Democrats prefer this woman be raped and murdered? I know they're the Criminal Party but are they bereft of all humanity and compassion?
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. —
An intruder who was shot and killed after a confrontation with a Duluth woman in her shower was likely stalking her for days and may have other victims, Gwinnett police said. Police: Woman Shot Intruder 9 Times In Self Defense School Counselor Shoots, Kills Home Intruder
The 53-year-old woman, who is also a veteran private school counselor, was alone at the time of the Wednesday morning attack. She lives on East Mount Tabor Circle in Duluth.
The woman was getting out of the shower when she was met by a strange man with a kitchen knife, police said. They said there was a struggle in the bathroom, and she fell in the tub. Police later identified the man as Israel Perez Puentes, a Cuban national who lived in Alpharetta.
"The male was armed with a kitchen knife, a struggle ensued between the two of them. She fell in the bathtub injuring herself," Gwinnett police spokesman Edwin Ritter said.
The woman tried to fight the man off with a shower a rod, and he forced her into her bedroom, police said. They said she told her attacker she had money in the room. But she grabbed a .22-caliber handgun and shot the man nine times, police said.
Police said the man ran out of a back door and collapsed in the yard. He later died at the Gwinnett Medical Center. The victim, who was injured in the scuffle, was also taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Police have not released her name.
Police told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh they don't know why the woman was targeted.
"He may have seen her somewhere and he identified her as being a potential victim and he basically stalked her until he found the right moment to act on it," said Ritter.
"Our department is looking into any other cases around metro atlanta area as well as our jurisdiction to see if he may be involved with any other sexual assaults that may have occurred."
Dan Tucker, a friend and neighbor, said he was amazed at how the victim defended herself against the armed intruder.
"She's smart, she's witty and obviously well prepared," Tucker said.
Ritter said the shooting investigation was ongoing but defended the victim, saying the shooting appeared to be justified, and that she acted in self-defense. He said there are no plans to charge her.
Police said Thursday that neighbors had spotted Puentes' car in the neighborhood several days before the attack but did not report it. Puentes' estranged wife told Kavanaugh he had been arrested for burglary in Johns Creek in December.
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| To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (696973) | 2/4/2013 7:59:22 AM | | From: Brumar89 | 3 Recommendations of 697201 | | | 'Stay Put or I'll Shoot,' Woman Warns Girl's Assailant
PAUL NOWELL , Associated Press
AP News Archive Jan. 10, 1985 3:42 PM ET
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Monica Jones said Thursday she was more angry than afraid when she rushed to the aid of a screaming neighbor girl, pointed a shotgun at a man who had allegedly ripped off the youngster's clothes, and warned: ''Stay put or I'll shoot.''
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''You don't think about getting hurt,'' Ms. Jones, a mother of three, said in an interview. ''If someone is getting hurt, I can't close my door.''
Police credit Ms. Jones' quick action with preventing the 12-year-old girl from being raped.
''She's a heroine,'' said police Capt. Robert Richters. ''She did an outstanding job - simply outstanding.''
But Ms. Jones, 28, said her actions under the circumstances were only normal.
''I wasn't going to stand back and let this man take this child and do awful things to her,'' she said. ''She wasn't nothing but a baby. If she were my child, I would hope somebody would be there to save her.''
Police said the victim was grabbed at a bus stop in north St. Louis about 7 p.m. Tuesday and dragged into the apartment building where Ms. Jones lives with her three children, ages 2, 8 and 11.
The man ripped off the girl's clothing and tried to rape her, but the girl managed to break loose and run into the hallway, where she was met by Ms. Jones, police said.
''I was talking on the telephone when I heard the screams,'' Ms. Jones recalled. ''I cracked my door and I saw this child butt naked and him half- clothed. I screamed at him to let her go, and he told me to go away.
''She was screaming: 'Please help me 3/8,' '' Ms. Jones said. ''I asked her how old she was. She said she was 12. I knew I had to do something. He was beating the devil out of that little girl.''
At that point, Ms. Jones told her son to get her single-barrel shotgun. She pointed it at the attacker as he tried to drag the girl into his apartment.
''He tried to run off,'' she said. ''I told him not to go anywhere.''
Ms. Jones said she wasn't afraid but admits she didn't know what she was going to do while she waited for police to arrive.
''I knew I wasn't going to let this guy get away,'' she said. ''I've got kids - and this girl could have been one of mine.''
Had he tried to escape, she said, she would have pulled the trigger.
''He got me so mad - I've never been so mad in my life,'' she said. ''He said, 'Lady, you're crazy, you're going to shoot me.' And I told him to stay put or I'll shoot.''
Ms. Jones said she's never used the shotgun, which she purchased about a month ago when a man broke into her apartment.
''I'm afraid for my kids,'' she said. ''I know I will do it again if they come messing with me again.'
The suspect, Leon Fowler, 23, was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and attempted rape.
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| To: koan who wrote ( 37821) | 1/20/2013 8:35:12 AM | | From: Brumar89 | 1 Recommendation Respond to of 38413 | | Yet another real-life "anecdote" about people Democrats wish had become crime victims: College Student Shoots, Kills Home Invader
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| To: koan who wrote ( 37821) | 1/24/2013 9:37:36 PM | | From: Brumar89 | Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 38413 | | NY students defend lives with assault rifle
A victory for Republicans and a setback for Democrats.
RIT Students Accosted By Gunmen In Their Home
Rochester, N.Y. — Early Tuesday morning, Christopher Boise heard a noise coming from the basement. As he walked toward the source of that noise, the RIT student noticed two men standing in the downstairs portion of his apartment.
"They were waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs," said Boise.
One of them had a handgun trained on Boise.
Within moments, Boise screamed. His cries were heard by his roommate, Raymond.
"It wasn't like a, 'I stepped by stepped on a piece of glass' kind of scream," Raymond said. "So, I instinctively went to my gun bag."
Raymond owns an AR-15 which is a military style rifle.
Raymond estimated that just five seconds passed until the door started to open. It was one of the intruders.
"By the time I had it out and ready, one of the men came at my door, slowly opened it, saw that there was a barrel on the other side and from there backed out," Raymond said.
The two men fled the apartment.
Nothing was taken and no shots were fired.
The rifle was not loaded at the time of the home invasion, according to Raymond.
"They decided this place was a good place to rob, just a wrong decision on their part," Raymond said.
"I'm happy he saved my life. I was very thankful he had his (gun)," said Boise.
Raymond, who is from New York City, said he uses the rifle for sport shooting at local gun ranges.
"The weapon was legal and he protected his property, said Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard. "We're thankful that no one was injured," he said.
Sheppard said there were BB rounds near the broken glass window.
Police are still looking for suspects. If you have any information, contact CrimeStoppers at 585-423-9300.
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